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Takeoff was from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota. It was perilously near the wind-chill factor of 65° F below -the point at which ground crews are excused from outdoor maintenance. Seven BUFFS and three KC-135 tankers were scheduled to roar aloft at 7 a.m., just as 390 other Strategic Air Command planes took the air, in less than ten minutes, from 69 other bases in the continental U.S. and Guam. The mission: a simulated launch in the face of a Soviet missile attack, part of a readiness exercise called Global Shield. It was the biggest...
...third inning, a walk to Bob Boone, an error charged to KC second baseman Frank White, and a perfectly executed bunt by Rose loaded the bases for Schmidt, who then doubled in the first two runs of the game...
...CyYoung award in the National League, came into last night's game on five days' rest and pitched seven tireless innings against the Royals, striking out seven and allowing only four hits. His only problem came in the eighth inning when he let the first two KC batters on, and manager Dallas Green called for lefty McGraw to come in and finish...
...state throbs with military aerospace construction. At Douglas Aircraft's plant in Long Beach, the KC-10 tanker cargo plane is rolling out, and at Lockheed's Sunnyvale facility new ballistic missiles for Trident submarines are being built. The first of 18 advanced maritime patrol aircraft worth $700 million was delivered by Lockheed to the Canadian government last week...
...Force wants more transport aircraft, but has not yet decided how many. Also needed are additional tankers for airborne refueling of transport and combat planes. In fiscal 1980 the Air Force will be buying four KC-10 tankers, a version of the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 jetliner, at a total cost of $200 million...